portest
noun
1.
the left-hand side of a vessel or aircraft, facing forward.
adjective
2.
pertaining to or designating port.
3.
located on the left side of a vessel or aircraft.
verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
4.
to turn or shift to the port, or left, side.
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port1 (pɔːt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a town or place alongside navigable water with facilities for the loading and unloading of ships |
| 2. | See port of entry |
| [Old English, from Latin portus harbour, port] | |
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Portest
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| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| port2 (pɔːt) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | Also called (formerly): larboard |
| a. the left side of an aircraft or vessel when facing the nose or bow | |
| b. Compare starboard (as modifier): the port bow | |
| —vb | |
| 2. | to turn or be turned towards the port |
| [C17: origin uncertain] | |
| port3 (pɔːt) | |
| —n | |
| a sweet fortified dessert wine | |
| [C17: after Oporto, Portugal, from where it came originally] | |
| port4 (pɔːt) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | nautical |
| a. an opening in the side of a ship, fitted with a watertight door, for access to the holds | |
| b. See porthole | |
| 2. | a small opening in a wall, armoured vehicle, etc, for firing through |
| 3. | an aperture, esp one controlled by a valve, by which fluid enters or leaves the cylinder head of an engine, compressor, etc |
| 4. | electronics a logic circuit for the input and ouput of data |
| 5. | chiefly (Scot) a gate or portal in a town or fortress |
| [Old English, from Latin porta gate] | |
| port5 (pɔːt) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | (tr) to carry (a rifle, etc) in a position diagonally across the body with the muzzle near the left shoulder |
| —n | |
| 2. | this position |
| [C14: from Old French, from porter to carry, from Latin portāre] | |
| port6 (pɔːt) | |
| —vb | |
| (tr) computing to change (programs) from one system to another | |
| [C20: probably from | |
| port7 (pɔːt) | |
| —n | |
| (Austral) (esp in Queensland) a suitcase or school case | |
| [C20: shortened from | |
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Word Origin & History
port
"harbor," O.E. port "harbor, haven," reinforced by O.Fr. port, both O.E. and O.Fr. from L. portus "port, harbor," originally "entrance, passage," from PIE *prtu- "a going, a passage," from base *per- "to lead, pass over" (cf. Skt. parayati "carries over;" Gk. poros "journey, passage, way," peirein "to
pierce, run through;" L. porta "gate, door," portare "passage," peritus "experienced;" Avestan peretush "passage, ford, bridge;" Armenian hordan "go forward;" Welsh rhyd "ford;" O.C.S. pariti "fly;" O.E. faran "to go, journey," O.N. fjörðr "inlet, estuary"). Meaning "left side of a ship" is attested from 1543, from notion of "the side facing the harbor" (when a ship is docked). It replaced larboard in common usage to avoid confusion with starboard (q.v.); officially so by Admiralty order of 1844 and U.S. Navy Department notice of 1846. Fig. sense "place of refuge" is attested from 1426; phrase any port in a storm first recorded 1749.
port
"gateway," O.E., from O.Fr. porte "gate, entrance," from L. porta "gate, door," from PIE base *per- (see port (1)). Specific meaning "porthole, opening in the side of a ship" is attested from 1243.
port
"bearing, mien," c.1369, from O.Fr. port, from porter "to carry," from L. portare (see port (1)).
port
"sweet dark-red wine," 1691, shortened from Oporto, city in northwest Portugal from which the wine was originally shipped, from O Porto "the port."
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